Munch was pleased with the " great commotion ", and wrote in a letter: " Never have I had such an amusing time — it's incredible that something as innocent as painting should have created such a stir.

Munch wrote of how the painting came to be: " I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set ; suddenly, the sky turned as red as blood.

The writer Dean Swinford, ( whose concept of irrealism was described at length in the section " Irrealism in Literature "), wrote that the artist Remedios Varos, in her painting The Juggler, " creates a personal allegorical system which relies on the predetermined symbols of Christian and classical iconography.

Frank Redelius, one of Maroger's protégés from the Baltimore Realists group, wrote a book that updates, builds upon and revises Jacques Maroger's research of the painting techniques and formulas of the Old Masters.

" In painting Alberti achieved nothing of any great importance or beauty ," wrote Vasari.

" On the other hand Clement Greenberg called Immanuel Kant ( 1724 – 1804 ) " the first real Modernist ", though he also wrote, " What can be safely called Modernism emerged in the middle of the last century — and rather locally, in France, with Baudelaire in literature and Manet in painting, and perhaps with Flaubert, too, in prose fiction.

Art historian Giorgio Vasari wrote about Anguissola that she " has shown greater application and better grace than any other woman of our age in her endeavors at drawing ; she has thus succeeded not only in drawing, coloring and painting from nature, and copying excellently from others, but by herself has created rare and very beautiful paintings.

The great early art historian Giorgio Vasari wrote this about Anguissola: " Anguissola has shown greater application and better grace than any other woman of our age in her endeavors at drawing ; she has thus succeeded not only in drawing, coloring and painting from nature, and copying excellently from others, but by herself has created rare and very beautiful paintings.

" An unusual manner of painting, all his own, surpassing almost everyone ," wrote his first biographer, Schrevelius, in the 17th century on Hals ' painting methods.

Janet Maslin, in a review of an Addams biography for The New York Times, wrote, " Addams's persona sounds cooked up for the benefit of feature writers ... was at least partly a character contrived for the public eye ," noting that one outré publicity photo showed the humorist wearing a suit of armor at home, " but the shelves behind him hold books about painting and antiques, as well as a novel by John Updike.

In August 1999, Childish and Thomson wrote The Stuckists manifesto which places great importance on the value of painting as a medium, as well as its use for communication, the expression of emotion and of experience – as opposed to what Stuckists see as the superficial novelty, nihilism and irony of conceptual art and postmodernism.

Charles Thomson's painting, Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision, as Charlotte Cripps of The Independent wrote is one of the best known paintings to come out of the Stuckist movement, and as Jane Morris wrote in The Guardian it's a likely " signature piece " for the movement, standing for its opposition to conceptual art.

In the last years of his life Miró wrote his most radical and least known ideas, exploring the possibilities of gas sculpture and four-dimensional painting.

He wrote three books about painting theory: On Painting ( 画论 ), Introduction of Famous Paintings of Wei and Jin Dynasties ( 魏晋胜流画赞 ) and Painting Yuntai Mountain ( 画云台山记 ).

Joséphine wrote: " I wish that Malmaison may soon become the source of riches for all France "... Napoleon Crossing the Alps, a Jacques-Louis David painting from the Malmaison collection.

Juba wrote a number of books in Greek and Latin on history, natural history, geography, grammar, painting and theatre.

In his criticism of fiction, the theatre, and painting he developed ideas concerning the unity of the arts ; he wrote two full-length biographies, two volumes of memoirs of his childhood and a long fragment of autobiography ; 22 novels, including two left unfinished at his death, 112 tales of varying lengths, fifteen plays, and dozens of travel and topical essays.

Thomas B. Hess wrote that " the ‘ New figurative painting ’ which some have been expecting as a reaction against Abstract Expressionism was implicit in it at the start, and is one of its most lineal continuities.

" On the contrary ", wrote the architect, the design makes " the building and the painting an uninterrupted, beautiful symphony such as never existed in the World of Art before.

" I should paint my own places best ", he wrote to his friend John Fisher in 1821, " painting is but another word for feeling ".

California Abstract Expressionist Jay Meuser, who typically painted in the non-objective style, wrote about his painting Mare Nostrum, " It is far better to capture the glorious spirit of the sea than to paint all of its tiny ripples.

The best known is the hymn entitled “ Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur .” Gellert wrote a few sentimental comedies: Die Betschwester ( The Praying Sister, 1745 ), Die kranke Frau ( The Sick Woman, 1747 ), Das Los in der Lotterie ( 1748 ), and Die zärtlichen Schwestern ( The Affectionate Sisters, 1747 ), the last of which was much admired.

One of the tracks that he wrote during this period with David Lowery, " Sick of Goodbyes ", was recorded by Cracker and appeared on their 1993 album Kerosene Hat.

Gary Sick wrote an editorial for The New York Times and a book ( October Surprise ) on the subject.

Sick wrote that in October 1980 officials in Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign including future CIA Director, William Casey, made a secret deal with Iran to delay the release of the American hostages until after the election ; in return for this, the United States purportedly arranged for Israel to ship weapons to Iran.

He additionally wrote and produced three television pilots that were never aired: North Hollywood, Sick in the Head, and Life on Parole ( with Brent Forrester ).

From 1935 to 1940 he lectured at the University of Rochester and wrote The Clinical Treatment of the Problem Child ( 1939 ), based on his experience in working with troubled children.

Jim Kerr of Simple Minds was so moved by the results of the Enniskillen bombing in 1987 that he wrote new words to the traditional folk song " She Moved Through The Fair " and the group recorded it with the name " Belfast Child ".

They believe Mun and Misselden were not making this mistake in the 1620s, and point to their followers Josiah Child and Charles Davenant, who, in 1699, wrote: " Gold and Silver are indeed the Measure of Trade, but that the Spring and Original of it, in all nations is the Natural or Artificial Product of the Country ; that is to say, what this Land or what this Labour and Industry Produces.

She later expanded her work with the organization after arriving in Washington, and wrote about her experiences in her 1982 book To Love a Child.

While Harris proposed this theory, she attributes the original idea to Eleanor E. Maccoby and John A. Martin both of whom are doctors at Standford University and wrote the chapter on family socialization found in the fourth edition of the Handbook of Child Psychology.

Lydia Maria Child wrote of the Abenaki in her short story, " The Church in the Wilderness " ( 1828 ).

In the 1830s, Lydia Maria Child wrote to encourage women to write a will, and Frances Wright wrote books on women's rights and social reform.

Watson wrote the book Psychological Care of Infant and Child in 1928, with help from his mistress, turned wife, Rosalie Rayner.

Although he wrote extensively on child-rearing in many popular magazines and in a book, Psychological Care of Infant and Child ( 1928 ), Watson later regretted having written in the area, saying that " he did not know enough " to do a good job.

She also wrote a book about her childhood, titled " A Life Unveiled " written under the name " A Child of the Drumlins ".

Roger Waters ( Pink Floyd ) wrote the song Incarceration of a Flower Child in 1968 ; it was never recorded by Pink Floyd.

Knowles ' mother, Tina, wrote a 2002-published book, titled Destiny's Style: Bootylicious Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle Secrets From Destiny's Child, an account of how fashion had an impact on Destiny's Child's success.

She wrote and published a sequel to Deaf Child Crossing, titled Nobody's Perfect, which was produced on stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in partnership with VSA arts in October 2007.

She, Child, and Bertholle wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking ; it was published in 1961.

Bolan, by now married to his girlfriend June Child ( a former secretary to the manager of another of his heroes, Syd Barrett ), bought a vintage Gibson Les Paul guitar ( featured on the cover of the album T. Rex ), wrote and recorded " Ride a White Swan " which was dominated by a rolling hand-clapping back-beat, Bolan's electric guitar and Finn's percussion, and shortened the group's name to T. Rex.

Lydia Maria Child wrote Hobomok in 1824 and The Rebels in 1825.

As a mathematician, wrote folklore scholar David E. Bynum, Child came to his interest " in what he variously called ' popular ', ' primitive ', or ' traditional ' balladry '" ( that is, in oral literature, then deemed " primitive " because its stylistic features antedate the invention of writing ) not by accident " but by force of logic ":

By the time he wrote his autobiography in Alberta in 1927, Buffalo Child Long Lance represented himself as a full-blooded Blackfoot.

Their relationship had a profound impact on Davies, who wrote a number of songs about their separation including " Funny Face ", " Suzannah's Still Alive ", and " Mindless Child of Motherhood ".

His sister was the social reformer Eglantyne Louisa Jebb, founder of the Home Arts and Industries Association ; his niece, Eglantyne's daughter Eglantyne Jebb, co-founded the Save the Children Fund and wrote the Declaration of the Rights of the Child.

Here he wrote his next book, Child of God, based on actual events.

While she originally supported No Child Left Behind and charter schools, Ravitch later became " disillusioned ," and wrote, " I no longer believe that either approach will produce the quantum improvement in American education that we all hope for.

During the 1860s, Child wrote pamphlets on Indian rights.